I got hooked on comedy at an early age, before I really knew what a standup comedian actually was.

I watched every episode of The Little Rascals & I Love Lucy.
My pre-teen years were tuned in to Rowan & Martin's Laugh In. I loved Lily Tomlin! I used to sit by the TV with a cassette recorder & tape her doing Edith Ann & Ernestine!
I was probably one of the very few teen-aged white girls that could recite every Richard Pryor album front to back! We had to turn those off when one of my parents came into the room.